Phonograph centrifugal toy



F. MAIER.

PHONOGRAPH CENTRIFUGAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED APR, 11, 1918.

1,355,613. Patented Oct. 12,1920..

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FERDINAND MAIER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PHONOGBAPH CENTRIFUGAL TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 12,1920.

Application filed April 11, 1918. Serial No. 228,047.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I FERDINAND MAIER, a citizen of the United k tates, and resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph Centrifugal Toys, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a phonograph attachment for utilizing the power of a phonograph to actuate a mechanical toy or to combine with other mechanism to constitute a mechanical toy.

Another embodiment of the invention in its broad aspects is disclosed in my co-pending application,-entitled Phonograph friction toys, filed under even date.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple attachment for a phonograph of the fiat disk ty e whichwillcoact with the phonograph to orm a toy designed to swing with the 'music or other sound from the phonograph.

Another object of the invention is to provide a centritugally actuated toy, which can be actuated from the turn-table mechanism of a phonograph and which can be proportioned much larger than the phonograph and which can be actuated without interferan inspection of the accompanying drawings and in part will be more fully set forth in the following particular description of one form of mechanism embodying my invention, and the invention also consists in certain new and novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set iorth and claimed.

Referring to the accompanylng draw-- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a conventional form of phonograph showing a preferred embodiment of my invention connected thereto and with a part of the attach- I tween the turn-table driving shaft and the attachment.

In the drawings there is shown a phonograph 10, including a casing 11 and'a motor driven turn-table shaft 12, with the usual smooth end. The shaft carries a flat disk type of turn-table covered with the felt cover 14,- all as is usual in one well known form of phonograph constructions. Positioned upon the cover 14 is a fiat metal disk 15 provided with a centrally disposed u standing post 16. In the form illustrated 1n F g. 1 the disk is provided on its underside with a'smooth bore socket 17 for fitting over the smooth top of the driving shaft 12, which extends above the top of the turntable. The top of the disk 15 is provided with a felt cover 19 similar to the cover 14: and this in turn supports the usual playing record 20 which is disposed in operative position to be played by the reproducer 21.

The post 16 is of such a height as to extend above the top of the reproducer 21 and its support 22 in all possible playing positions of the reproducer. The to of the post 16 is exteriorly screw threade and-engaged by a dome shaped cap 23 demountably positioned thereon. The ca is provided with diametrically extending osses 24 from which extend laterally projecting arms 25, the outer ends of which are turned back from themselves to form eyes 26. Toys such as swinging carriages27 are sus ended from the eyes 26 and are so arrange that as the post 16 rotates with the turn-table, the carriages are swung outwardly by the centrif-' ugal force of the rotating arms and thus simulate the giant swings now common in places of amusement.

It is obvious that the-arms 25 may be of any number and may be even considered as connected together to form a disk shaped rotating body positioned above the reproducer.

For the purpose of showing another means for connecting a toy with the rotating post 16, the cap 23 is provided With'a series of radially disposed slots 28 adapted to receive and hold the end of anextension such as the wire 29, the opposite end of which wire has aflixed thereto sometoy 30 such as an airplane. It may be considered that the.

wire 29 is of some resilient material so arranged; that as the post 16 is'rotated the toy 30 will tend to swing outwardly by the centrifugal force of the rotating'post and thus tend to move the extension 29 from the substantiall upright position shownin full lines in ig. 1, toward a horizontal position,

as is indicated by the dotted lines of Fig. 1. \Vhere it is not desired to use arms of the nature of those shown. at 25 in Fig. 1, the cap may be unscrewed from the top of the post and-the end of the flexible extension 29 may be inserted into a bore 31 formed axially in the upper end of the post 16,'wh ich extension may be fastened in position by the set screw 32. I While it is preferable to use the smooth endfof the driving shaft 12 for the mounting of the attachment and to revolve the toy merely through the frictional engagement between the post 16 and the turntable, it may be desirable with some types of toys to provide a more positive connection. Such a connection is shown in Fig. 2 where the "top of thedriving shaft 12 is providedv with threads 18 and the underside "of the post 16 is provided with a-bore 17 interthrcaded to engage therewith. The

nallf'y sha t 12 is provided with a bore 33 and setscrew 34 corresponding to the bores 31 and 32. Some suitable toy of such small di mensions that when rotating it will not interfere with the reproducer may be mounted upon and rotated by the shaft 12.

Of'course in those situations where it is desired to utilize the power of the phonograph without regard to its function as a playing instrument, the reproducer may be moved away from any revolving toys, soas not to interfere with the rotation thereof.

By means of a device of this character it is possibleto actuate a toy or specificallyto actuate a toy by the centrifugal force of the turn-table revolving mechanism and at the same time play anappropriate record.

While I have shown and described, and have pointed out in the annexed claims, certain novel features of my invention, it will be understood that various omissions, sub-' 2. In a device -of the class described, the combination of a. phonograph element revoluble about a vertical axis, a freely- "swinging toy-operatively connected thereto and actuated centrifugally bythe rotation of said e1ement,anda playing mechanism operatively connected to said revoluble element whereby the phonograph will play and simultaneously swing the toy.-

3. In a device of the class described, an attachment for ,a phonograph consisting of an upright adapted to be mounted on the turn-table shaft of a phonograph and havinga height .to extend above the reproducer, and a toy connected to said shaft to be operated by the rotation of the shaft and movable in the space above the reproducer.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with the turn-table actuating mechanism of a phonograph, of an attachment for the phonograph including a toy movable bodily about the actuating mechanism and a driving connection between the toy and mechanism.

5. In a device of the class described, the combination with the turn-table actuating mechanism of a phonograph, of an attachment for the phonograph including a toy movable bodily about the actuating mechanism and a driving connection between the toy and mechanism, said connection including means for readily disconnecting the toy from the mechanism.

6. In a device of the class described, the combination of a turn-table of a phonograph, a post upstanding from the center of the turn-table, a revoluble toy and means for demountably connecting the toy to the upstanding post, whereby the rotation of the post will cause the toy to revolve.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination with a turn-table of a phonograph, a reproducer adapted to be associated with a player disk carried by the turn-table and a post upstanding from the centerof the turn-table and rotating therewith, of an attachment including a toy mounted to revolve, means *constituting' a driving connection between the post and -toy, said toy and driving means mounted tomove over a continuous path above the reproducer thereby to avoid interference with the sound reproducing functions of the phonograph.

I Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 15th day of March, A. D. 1918.

FERDINAND MAIER. 

